How to Use interjection in a Sentence

interjection

noun
  • So those are the – again, the two points of interjection between me and the force.
    CBS News, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Still, these interjections fail to break through the monotony of the show.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The trustee’s interjection drew laughter from the room.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Her interjection was met with wild applause from the crowd.
    Chloe Angyal, Marie Claire, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The interjection set a tone that Judge Ellis has kept throughout the first week of Mr. Manafort’s trial on tax-and bank-fraud charges.
    Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2018
  • Young said in his release that the CCP’s interjection with the bill would only fuel its passage.
    Fox News, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Your interjection should be substantial, but no more than a minute or two.
    Forbes, 5 July 2021
  • It can be used as a noun, a verb, an adjective, a conjunction or an interjection.
    Elly Van Gelderen, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Like ew, there’s another interjection now in play, yowza, along with a word some might have thought was already allowed: zen.
    Leanne Itali, The Seattle Times, 24 Sep. 2018
  • Like ew, there's another interjection now in play, yowza, along with a word some might have thought was already allowed: zen.
    Leanne Italie, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2018
  • There are no pauses, few adverbs, and, most notably, few interjections by Faye.
    Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 15 June 2018
  • For example, the A-melo part has interjections alongside a melody with distinctive tempo, but the B-melo is slow and silky, then the chorus brings up the pace again.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Not surprisingly, the interjection didn't sit well with Joy, who told Meghan that she wasn't finished speaking.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 10 Jan. 2021
  • His playful riffs dizzy themselves into a brooding lull, cut short by a crafty interjection from a hairdryer.
    chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The sassy post continues the dictionary's streak of tweets timed to serve as sharp interjections in the cultural or political debate of the day.
    Claire Zillman, Fortune, 18 July 2017
  • Videos that simply show a group of people watching the same video, with laughs or emotional interjections throughout, may not fall under fair use.
    Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2017
  • There was a windmill dunk, a couple of Emoni Bates' trademarked stepback jumpers and even some jawing that prompted the interjection of game officials.
    Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The vice president mostly ignored the interjections and stuck to his prepared remarks.
    NBC News, 25 June 2019
  • As usual with anything at a Swift show, there were tens of thousands of cameras trained on her, and one 25-second clip of the singer’s interjections on Twitter had amassed more than 3 million views by Sunday morning.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 May 2023
  • The group’s distinctive bird-like interjections — scerrrrrl! — still accent most songs.
    John Adamian, courant.com, 12 May 2018
  • There were also some lewd interjections about gynecology appointments, which made the video go all the more viral.
    Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Our conversations are studded with long, off-the-record interjections.
    Seyward Darby, Longreads, 12 June 2024
  • Men, by the way, exist in this book as parenthetical interjections.
    Robin Givhan, Twin Cities, 11 May 2017
  • But Vernon owns his part, offering chilling interjections that culminate in a wispy, hymn-sounding solo around the 2:50 mark.
    Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, 26 June 2017
  • As for the others, Kristen Gillibrand was almost Bill de Blasio like in her numerous interjections into the debate.
    Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 28 June 2019
  • Dense and layered, the paintings are dominated by pinks and browns, with occasional interjections of blue.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • McConnell will plunge ahead with a repeal-and-replace effort, despite the president’s interjection.
    Dan Balz, Washington Post, 1 July 2017
  • One notable element is that the AI was relatively polite and civil when making the interjections.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • If the interjection was say relevant, or maybe even irrelevant, the key would be whether the statement or assertion is something that could garner a semblance of balanced discussion.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022
  • Van Orden's interjection was the latest example of the freshman Republican making a public outburst on Capitol Hill.
    Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024

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